The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-16
rsEcroN NOTES.
What is said About Men and Things at
at the state Capitol.

Lennon and Tumulty were first for
Harrigan for Speaker.
Terry Mcdonald had hemorrhage
lust after the ruction in the House last
Tuesday.
Mr.. William Nelson, of Paterson. is
doing the Trenton work for the New York
Times this year.
Henry D: Winton.. refused to be Clerk
of the House under the F'deal" that finally
organized it.
Mullins & Co., of this city, have ele-
gantly refurnished the Assemblysand Sen
ate chambers.
Jack Smith, of Jersey City, got the
Democratic caucus nomination for Ser
geant-at-Arms.
The Democratic caucus nomination
for President of the Senate is all Moon
shine this year.
Tommy Noonan is booked as counsel
for the Trustees of the School Fund at Q
good round salary.
Barrett, of Newark, made sensible
speech last Tuesday on the question OF NE
admission of Turley-
Good morning, "Speaker" Baird! Have
you dared to meet your constituents during
the recess of the Assembly?
-Assemblyman Heppenheimer has the
distinguished honor of being Chairman OF
the Inauguration Committee.
If Speaker Baird takes lessons from
Herb. Potts long enough he may learn the
ordinary skill of 'sputting motion.
AS the SUNDAY MORNING News has, on
several occasions, observed would be the
case, Senator William J. Sewell is dying
hard.
Whatever criticism may be passed on
Wolverton's course,t is fact remalns-thAt
he was not fairly treated ia the Democrat
lie caucus.
Jerry Maher, Ben. Manning and Billy
Thompson, three Hudson men, have hooE-
ed on. under Jerry Mcdonald, to places in
the House.
They are beginning to call him Parrot
Baird, because he only says to the House
what Herb, Potts and Ernest Chamberlain
tell him to say.
The N. Y. Verdi very properly did not
give the chair alongside Speaker Baird, in
hemlee of Tuesday. the prominence of
an occupant.
1t is said that SO far as the election of
a Speaker is concerned, Assemblymen Cor
bin and Armstrong are sick of the unholy
Republican deal.
There is at least one man wins secured
berth in the organization of the House
unworthy of his position--that man is door
keeper Pinder.
Terry says there was a great deal of
significance in his oft-repeated expression
before the organization - expect nothing
and will get it"
Kinney came from the Democratic
caucus the other day went into lobby
anxious to know how lar the nominations
inside had proceeded.
The Republican caucus left it to Mr..
Griggs to say when the Senate will organ
ize. He says the Senate will not organize
till TurIey is unseated.
Herb. Potts got to the Clerks desk
through back window; but 1t is whispered
that the Democrats will this week scoot him
out of it through the front door.
When Governor Albeit sent to Senator
Mcpherson for conference efter the break
in the Democrrtic caucus, word came back
that the Senator was sick a-bed.
When the United States Senatorshlp
is being given out what big name Dono-
hue will make for himself by assuming the
Democracy of Thomas Jefferson"
Terry Mcdonald was the man who ar
ranged the organization "deal." 1t was all
done within an hour, and was the quickest
piece of work of its kind on record.
-ssSpeaker' Baird aroused sthe derision
of the members the other day by saying
that the Democrats were in their seats
..only by the courtesy of the chair"
Madame Rumor's tongue was busy with
gossip concerning Kinney for many days
before he finally turned his back upon his
party and went into the camp of his cne-
mics.
Ed. McLaughlin's query on Tuesday
afternoon, us this Trenton mob?" was
received with misses by the hundreds of
Trentonians in the gallery and on the
Aoor.
The indignation of his constituents over
Kinney's deseriion of his party was so
great that his family sent him word he
had better stay away from home last
week.
-Assemblyman Beckwith thinks that
little E. o. Chamberlain assumes altogether
too much. In short the plucky little gen.
tleman from Atlantic says E. o. is too
fresh"
Secretary John 7. Van Cleef. of the
State Board OF Assessors, says he has never
had any idea of being an applicant for the
position of Private Secretary to Governor
Green.
How much did you get Baird !?
SIS, 600 ?" was the impairment question Ed.
Mclaughlin put to speaker Baird just
after the deal had been eonsummateu on
Tuesday.
Since the elevation of the Warren man
10 tne Sneakers chair, it is generally con-
-cedsd, without regard to party, that E.
Amber Armstrong was pretty able
Speaker.
The unsophistication of the Speaker
is demonstrated III lis expressions the "ser.
geant of arms instead of the sergeant at
arms" and the members of instead of